- beginning, the
Birkebeiners had the
upper hand for most of the conflict's duration. King
Haakon IV was the
ultimate victor for the
Birkebeiners in 1217. In...
- let
himself be
persuaded to
become the
Birkebeiners' next leader. Upon Sverre's
initial contact, the
Birkebeiners had been
reduced to a
ragtag army of brigands...
- The
American Birkebeiner, or Birkie, is the
largest cross-country
skiing race in
North America. It
debuted in 1973 and is a
founding member of the Worldloppet...
- Baglar-King) to
depose King
Sverre Sigurdsson. It
contested with the
Birkebeiners,
essentially a
faction of peasants, led by the
pretender King Sverre...
- the
civil war era in
Norway during the 13th-century. In
Norway 1204,
Birkebeiners and king
Haakon Sverresson possess the
throne in Nidaros. They are threatened...
-
hunting Haakon, a
group of
Birkebeiners fled with the
child in the
winter of 1205/06,
heading for Inge Bårdsson, the new
Birkebeiner king in
Nidaros (now Trondheim)...
- However,
towards the end of the 12th century, two
rival parties, the
Birkebeiner and the Bagler, emerged. In
their competition for power, the legitimacy...
-
location of the
American Birkebeiner.
After years of
neglect it was
demolished in 2021.
Telemark Lodge was home to the
American Birkebeiner cross-country skiing...
- the
arrival of Sverre's
Birkebeiner fleet from Niðaros (Trondheim). The
battle began with a
surprise attack by the
Birkebeiners during night. Although...
- war era. As a
grandson of King Sverre, he was
proclaimed king by the
Birkebeiner faction when he was just four
years old.
Although obviously not in control...
